HR 3699 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Keeping America's Promise to Steel Act

Latest action · Dec 17, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedDec 8, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Keeping America's Promise to Steel Act - Reinstates the safeguard measures implemented under Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002, which imposed a tariff on certain steel products, and nullifies Proclamation 7741 of December 4, 2003, lifting such measures.

Cosponsors 77

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 8, 2003 to Mar 25, 2004; 59 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WVAlan B. MollohanOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MIBart StupakOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalDec 8, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-CABob FilnerOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-AZEd PastorOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalDec 8, 2003
D-TXGene GreenOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MNJames L. OberstarOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-ILJerry F. CostelloOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalDec 8, 2003
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-SCJohn M. Spratt, Jr.OriginalDec 8, 2003
D-PAJohn P. MurthaOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-ILLane EvansOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-IALeonard L. BoswellOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-ARMarion BerryOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-TXMax SandlinOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-WVNick J. Rahall IIOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-TXNick LampsonOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MORichard A. GephardtOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-ALRobert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.OriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalDec 8, 2003
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-OHTed StricklandOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-PATim HoldenOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-OHTim RyanOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-ILWilliam O. LipinskiOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalDec 8, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeFeb 10, 2004
D-MDElijah E. CummingsFeb 26, 2004
D-GAJohn LewisFeb 26, 2004
D-OHMarcy KapturFeb 26, 2004
D-TXMartin FrostFeb 26, 2004
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnMar 9, 2004
D-WABrian BairdMar 9, 2004
D-ILDanny K. DavisMar 9, 2004
D-NYEdolphus TownsMar 9, 2004
D-UTJim MathesonMar 9, 2004
D-FLCorrine BrownMar 11, 2004
D-NCFrank W. Ballance Jr.Mar 11, 2004
D-TXJim TurnerMar 11, 2004
D-TXChet EdwardsMar 16, 2004
D-NDEarl PomeroyMar 16, 2004
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezMar 16, 2004
D-CATom LantosMar 16, 2004
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsMar 25, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Dec 8, 2003
Trade Subcommittee
Referred Dec 17, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
  2. Dec 8, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Dec 8, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To reinstate the safeguard measures imposed on imports of certain steel products, as in effect on December 4, 2003.
Short Titles as Introduced
Keeping America's Promise to Steel Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 8, 2003Introduced in House

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